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Annual Report 2000 - ISPRS Congress
VOL. 6, NO 1
MARCH 2001
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The XX ISPRS Congress ‘Geo-imagery Bridging Continents’
At the General assembly held 18th July 2000 in
Amsterdam, the ordinary members voted for the location
of the next congress in 2004. The first ballot was as follows: China 64, Spain 54 and Turkey 73. In the second ballot, which was between China and Turkey, the members
gave 64 votes to China and 113 to Turkey.The Turkish delegation has the privilege at organising this major international event under the leadership of the congress director
Prof. M. Orhan Altan.The important dates of the pre-congress are as follows:
December 2000
February 2001
May 2002
September 2002
February 2003
September 2003
December 2003
January 2004
March 2004
May 2004
Web-site of the Congress established
First announcement
Mid-time Newsletter
Exhibition call
Second announcement and call for
papers
Deadline for submission of abstracts
Notification of authors
Deadline for submission of full papers
for application for young Authors
Award
Last date for submission of full papers
Programme published
Theme of the Congress
The theme of the next congress has been chosen as ‘Geoimagery Bridging Continents’. With this theme, the focus
will be on the role of Istanbul in bridging continents, specially Europe and Asia. This is a physical reality of course,
but it also emphasises that photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences are techniques for
human beings. The bridging role of the congress location
should remind the participants of the global role of science in recognising peaceful coexistence and its integration into human life in the coming decades through the
study of history.
The Venue
Istanbul, apart from its long history as a capital city of 3
empires, its seat of learning and centre of commerce and
navigation, Istanbul is the only city in the world to bridge
2 continents. As such it has a varied and unique culture, a
blend of east and west, which can be seen in everyday life
around the city in architecture, social habits and cuisine.
Aware as we are that the attractions of a geographical
location is not sufficient to ensure a successful congress,
Istanbul has recently inaugurated the Istanbul Convention
and Exhibition Centre (ICEC), which is both centrally
located, and within walking distance of 16 hotels totalling
3,400 guest rooms. The centre is equipped with state-ofthe-art congress facilities. ICEC is closely following developments in new conference technology.
View from Istanbul with Bosphorus.
Istanbul has a sufficient number of top class hotels within
walking distance of the Congress venue.We have also set
aside a total of nearly 800 beds at university hostels, which
are also within easy walking distance of the Conference
Centre.
As you can appreciate it is still too early to quote definite
prices for accommodation. However, you may rest assured
that we shall obtain the most competitive prices obtainable.
Organisational Support
The organisation committee received the whole-hearted
support of the President of the Turkish Republic and the
current Mayor of Istanbul. In practical terms however, we
are closely co-operating with Magister Tours Inc., one of
the leading congress organisers, who have successfully
organised international congresses ranging from 100 to
20,000 delegates.
Orhan Altan
Congress Director